I agree with this.  For any application that requires more than a few lines of 
JavaScript, the JS should be kept in separate 'javascript' files.


On 17 Jan 2011, at 18:47, Benjamin Eberlei wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> 2 years ago I was pretty sure of the Dojo and jQuery components/integration 
> into ZF. I have since changed my mind radically. I do maintained the jQuery 
> component but I would suggest to drop it for 2.0 for the following reasons:
> 
> 1. It encourages writing no JS code at all, this will bite you in the ass 
> heavily if you find out that you need to customize the jQuery logic.
> 2. It does not encourage javascript code re-use (jQuery plugins are the way 
> to go here)
> 3. Heavy usage causes technical debt, it becomes impossible to rewrite your 
> app using proper jquery/javscript code.
> 4. The PHP code required to write "ZendX JQuery" code is often more than the 
> jQuery required alone.
> 
> Since only people that don't know javascript "benefit" from this extension 
> (in the short run) I suggest to drop it not to encourage people to run into 
> the wrong direction by using it (they will thank us later).
> 
> I won't attempt to rewrite ZendX jQuery for 2.0 and i understand that this 
> means it will be dropped automatically. I suggest nobody to take over 
> maintenance for the previously discussed arguments.
> 
> greetings,
> Benjamin

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